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Chris -- 2018-04-11
“Erratic” vs. “Erradic” and Education” vs. “Edgecation!” Who trains these people, anyway? News media, advertisers, etc. There! I’ve “vented” a bit, and now I feel much better…..
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Well, whether or not these are standard pronunciations depends on where you are. In the UK, for instance, I think both of these would be non-standard—at least for RP (and anyone in the UK should feel free to correct me on that if I’m wrong). Here in the US, they’re more acceptable. In fact, I’d say that “eh-dzhuh-kay-shun” is the standard way of saying that word pretty much everywhere in the country. “Erratic” is a bit trickier. “Erradic” —with the voicing of the intervocalic t—is perfectly acceptable in my Californian dialect. I’d feel affected if I were using the unvoiced t in casual conversation. But I think in some areas back East—esp. in New England—that t would stay unvoiced.
And by the way, comments like these—that aren’t about eggcorns—should be entered on the “Slips” page.
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